Payroll Analyst

Job Description

Job Description

Position Title : Payroll Analyst

Wage : $71,000 - $90,000 based on experience and interview.

Hours : 7 : 30am 4 : 30pm

PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

This position serves the public by performing a wide variety of payroll, financial, auditing, and record management, ensuring timely and accurate compliance with government regulations and GFOA best practices.

Work involves maintaining complex payroll, fiscal, and related records, and performing assigned duties where professional financial skills are required.

Work performed according to generally accepted payroll principles and within the framework of established laws, regulations, procedures, policies, rules, and procedures governing financial accounting and reporting.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS include but are not limited to :

Manages, maintains, and reviews payroll and financial systems to process payroll

Prepares and issues W-2, W-3 forms, and other documents required

Prepares and issues 1099 forms and other documents

Assists with maintaining and reconciling accounts

Maintains and monitors project expenses including capital improvement (CIP)

Prepares financial and budget reports balancing and monitoring capital improvement projects including monitoring grants, state funds, and FRSA funding.

Ensures accurate input of general ledger postings

Balances and deposits cash receipts

Completes month-end closing processes such as depreciation, running financials, reviewing and creating the reports for the board meeting, and reviewing the month-end checklist.

Records and maintains fixed asset accounts

Maintains all financial records

Assists with annual physical audit

Prepares reconciliation schedules and analysis

Prepares comprehensive annual financial statements; administers the reconciliation of accounts.

Prepares various work papers, schedules, and financial statements before financial audits by external independent auditors.

Balances User Fee AR transactions to the GL and User Fee payments to the bank for variances as needed.

Provides work processes and rules to FRSA staff responsible for billing, processing vendor payments, issuing refunds, and maintaining various databases.

EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED :

Extensive knowledge of payroll functions including preparation, balancing internal control, and payroll taxes.

Knowledge of generally accepted payroll and accounting principles and practices, as applied to general government accounting, and related systems and procedures.

Proven knowledge of electronic payroll and financial systems and their use in assigned accounting systems or subsystems.

Bachelor's degree from accredited college or university in accounting, finance, or a related field.

3 5 years of increasingly responsible payroll, financial, and reporting experience is required.

CPP or FPC

Must have organizational skills and attention to detail

Ability to recognize and reconcile discrepancies in financials record

PREFERRED SKILLS & ABILITIES

Public sector and / or union environment experience preferred.

Knowledge of MS Office Suite or other word processing, spreadsheet, and database software standards that may be adopted.

Experience using Tyler MUNIS software

Why choose Manpower?

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For more information, please call 815-316-0600

To apply, respond directly to this posting or go to www.manpowernorthernillinois.com

Company Description

We’re proud to celebrate over 60 years of putting people to work in Northern Illinois!

As a locally owned and operated company, we’re delighted to support our communities with employment opportunities; providing individuals not only jobs, but also opportunities for skills training and assessment.

We’re proud to offer companies innovative workforce solutions in staffing, including temporary, temporary-to-permanent, permanent placement, payroll and HR consulting services.

Manpower of Northern Illinois has helped both companies and individuals navigate the ever-changing world of work. In addition to our local expertise, we also have access to the resources and support of a parent corporation that spans over more than 80 countries.

With Manpower of Northern Illinois, you get the best of both worlds : locally owned and globally connected.

Whether you are a job seeker looking for a new and challenging career opportunity, or a company seeking customized human resources solutions, you can rely on Manpower!

Company Description

We’re proud to celebrate over 60 years of putting people to work in Northern Illinois! r nAs a locally owned and operated company, we’re delighted to support our communities with employment opportunities;

providing individuals not only jobs, but also opportunities for skills training and assessment. r n r nWe’re proud to offer companies innovative workforce solutions in staffing, including temporary, temporary-to-permanent, permanent placement, payroll and HR consulting services.

r n r nManpower of Northern Illinois has helped both companies and individuals navigate the ever-changing world of work.

In addition to our local expertise, we also have access to the resources and support of a parent corporation that spans over more than 80 countries.

With Manpower of Northern Illinois, you get the best of both worlds : locally owned and globally connected. r n r nWhether you are a job seeker looking for a new and challenging career opportunity, or a company seeking customized human resources solutions, you can rely on Manpower!